Risky Women
Our much-loved storytelling session is back and promises to be as revealing and inspiring as ever. Brilliant wāhine talk about when they took a risk – in love, life or career – and what happened next. Hear real and raw stories from journalist Sally Wenley, lawyer turned writer Charlotte Grimshaw, award-winning writer Elizabeth Knox and actor and writer Elisabeth Easther. Hosted by Stacey Morrison (Ngāi Tahu, Te Arawa).
Unfortunately, Barbara Dreaver can no longer attend WORD. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. We are thrilled that Charlotte Grimshaw now joins the line up.
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Speakers
Elizabeth Knox
Elizabeth Knox CNZM is the author of fourteen novels, three novellas, a book of essays, and a memoir. Elizabeth won the
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Elisabeth Easther
Elisabeth Easther is a journalist, a playwright and an actor. Her first novel Seed was published in 2026 by Penguin Rand
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Stacey Morrison
Stacey Morrison (Ngāi Tahu, Te arawa waka) is an author, translator and broadcaster who hails from Christchurch, the iwi
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Charlotte Grimshaw
Charlotte Grimshaw is the author of eleven critically acclaimed books to date, encompassing novels, short stories and me
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